Welcome to the Department of Government !

The Department of Government covers a wide range of political science topics in Austrian and Comparative Politics. Research and teaching mainly focus on political competition and elections, governments and coalitions, political protest and politics of remembrance.

Further information on our team, current research projects and teaching can be found on the following pages.

Information on research of the research center 'Vienna Center for Electoral Research (VieCER)' can be found on the webpage of VieCER.

 News

Im Rahmen der Open Data Days veröffentlich das Digitale Parlament neue Datensätze zu parlamentarischen Anfragen und Ausschüssen.

 

Wie steht es um das Demokratieverständnis in Europa?

Im Rahmen einer Matinée diskutieren Sylvia Kritzinger, Oliver Rathkolb, Cathrin Kahlweit und...

We are happy to welcom Jochem Vanagt as Visting PhD at our Department from March to May 2024. We wish him a good time at the University of Vienna.

We are happy to welcome Matthias Kaltenegger as University Assistant Post Doc at our department from March 1st. We wish Matthias a good start!

The Department of Government welcomes Professor Robert Rohrschneider back to the University of Vienna.

 

We are happy to welcome our new student assistants, starting in March, at our department.

 

Maximilian Höglinger

Laura Pfisterer

Ella Wagnleitner ...

The Department of Government kindly invites you to the Seminar Series Talk by Maarten Vink.

The position is offered within the MULTIREP project led by Assoz. Prof. Christopher Wratil.

Virtual Event – Date/Time: 12.2.2024, 18:30 CET

We are happy to welcome Clara Faulí Molas within the project 'DeVOTE' at the department and wish her a great time!

We are happy to welcome Jakob Meinel as University Assistant Pre Doc at our department from February 1st. We wish Jakob a good start!

Sie unterstützen das Team am Institut für Staatswissenschaft, eine Subeinheit der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften, als Drittmittelreferent*in und...

News Archive

12.06.2020
 

Pitch a Thesis - online: Forschung und (Berufs-)Praxis für Sozialwissenschaftler*innen

Am 16. Juni, 13:00 bis 14:30 Uhr stellen Studierende aus dem Sowi-Bereich den Forschungszweck ihrer Abschlussarbeit vor.

24.04.2020
 

Announcement: post doc position for 4,25 years; application deadline: 30.05.

For a person with excellent knowledge of quantitative methods in the social sciences and interest in data science.

09.03.2020
 

The Effects of a Wall: Gender Attitudes and Political Gender Gaps in Unified Germany